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  1. 04-16-2002, 02:35 PM #1
    Queyon
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    Question

    What function enables me to know whether a string is convertable to number using TO_NUMBER function?
    Something like
    ... DECODE(IS_STRING('string'), 0, TO_NUMBER('string')) ...

    Thanks.

    Queyon
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  2. 04-16-2002, 04:07 PM #2
    Shestakov
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    Check :
    http://www.dbasupport.com/forums/sho...threadid=23618

    U can change name of functions, for example to
    is_digit, check_number ...
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